Recliner - Santee, CA

Boots’ chair, an IKEA light cushion lounger, has fulfilled its purpose and is in need of replacement. So, we have had our eyes out for a bargain. Wouldn’t you know it, a local wholesale outlet had a couple of choices and we bought a small leather recliner for a very low price. Now, the trick was getting it up into/out of the truck and into the RV. In case you don’t already know – the backs of recliners are easily removed (really the process is more awkward than complex). The store showed us how to remove and re-attach the back and they put the base in the back of the truck.

Off we go to the RV, putting the recliner back in the rig was easy and really a one person task. Then we back up the truck as close as possible to the RV door, moved the steps up out of the way. Then the two of us eased the base out of the truck and walked it over to the open door of the RV and put it onto the rug so that it could be easily pushed into position. Now we both have strained and sore backs but the recliner is in place and Boots is enjoying the new comfort of her recliner.(For a while anyway.)

After a week, it became clear that the recliner was not working for Boots’ body. The seat was a little long so that her legs did not bend down to the floor comfortably. The whole chair surface was a rigid and it did not look like time would change that. This particular recliner had a rocking feature – which we turned off. That did not seem to help either.

Once again, we needed to go back to the drawing board for a better solution; but first we needed to get the chair back off and both the back/base back into the truck. Do you have any idea how many retired men (or women, for that matter)) have bad backs? Everyone, it seems, that we asked for help. So, we again backed up the truck to as close as possible to the door, slid the chair over to the doorway, moved the stairs out of the way, and eased the chair out and into the truck bed. This was a little less stressful to our backs because we were a bit smarter this time. So, off goes the recliner to the wholesale store for a refund.

So, watch this blog for the follow-up solution, when we get one.